stray dogs in Siberia

Stray dog leads his friend around the forest tracks near Surgut.

A plan has been drafted to catch and kill 2,200 stray dogs in Gorno-Altaisk, the capital of the Altai Republic.

Calls for action against homeless dogs provokes backlash from animal rights campaigners.

Big cat had preyed on domestic dogs in Russia and China, but will now be mated with older tigress Prima in Rostov.

Patrol was checking for people stranded on Lake Kenon in suburbs of Chita - and found the marooned animal.

Seven year old Raul Kutliakhmetov was trying to rescue his best friend - a stray dog - stuck in three-metre deep roadside service shaft.

While in another incident bystanders shoot a cell phone film of a man drowning, not thinking to call the emergency services.

Women run in bridal outfits to encourage people to adopt neglected animals.

Mongrel trapped for three years in a tiny cold and dark cavity gets new start in Germany after our story about her plight went around the world.

Thrown in as a puppy, the mongrel grew too large to escape through a tiny hole through which local residents gave her food and water.